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A chilling day of murder in the midst of post-World War II austerity Classic crime from one of the greats of the Detection Club In the spring of 1946, the redoubtable Lady Bate arrives at The Downs, built by the eccentric Colonel Anstruther years before. The aftermath of war has forced the colonel's daughter to take in paying guests, but only Lady Bate knows the secret of Mrs Anstruther's past life and the mystery behind her hermit-like existence. When Lady Bate is found dead, a chance show more remark puts detective Arthur Crook on the right track, which he follows - at risk to his life. show lessTags
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Anthony Gilbert, the pseudonym of Lucy Beatrice Malleson (1899-1973), is remembered for the creation of Arthur Crook, who unlike aristocratic sleuths like Lord Peter Wimsey and Albert Campion is earthy and occasionally (as editor John Cooper says) "outrageously cheeky," with a sensitivity for the down-and-outers who are caught up in crime. show more Beginning in 1936, Gilbert wrote more than 50 novels featuring Arthur Crook, a London lawyer who spends as much time in pubs as in his office, and who goes to outlandish, and not always legal, lengths to clear his clients. Sequel to Murder: The Cases of Arthur Crook and Other Mysteries includes all the Arthur Crook short cases, as well as a selection of Gilbert's other mystery stories. show less
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- Original title
- Death in the Wrong Room
- Original publication date
- 1947
- People/Characters
- Arthur Crook
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